“I think you know what I want to talk about.” Luca’s voice remained calm, there was no hint of this being a silly prank.“I have no idea, Luca....I suggest you stop beating around the bush and tell me what you want.” He managed not to sound too cold.Sighing he said, “You are on an alien world, far from your home. And by all our knowledge, your world is such that we know that it has no Drive and is basically in its modern infancy. You saw first aliens just few years ago, sorry, day’s ago. We still. "They bantered back and forth for awhile. Until Miyuki leaned over andkissed Masumi. It raised a few eyebrows with other patrons, but thegirls didn't care.Later that afternoon they visited Dr. Pierce, the dermatologist thatDr. Berlin had recommended. He told them basically what Dr. Berlin hadtold them, that there were skin dyes, that were almost permanent, thatwould make Miyuki's skin tone just like Masumi's. And, that he could dothe skin dying today if she wanted. He also explained that he. I have installed a camera at the bottom of the big screen so we can have your conversations with the loved ones tonight.”“Thanks Fred, I’m sure it will be appreciated.”I left and went into the main cave area, as soon as I came in it was if I turned a light on, they all perked up and looked at me. “Well the sky spirits have more knowledge now, and they are waiting for the sun to move some more in the sky so they can find out more information. I also found out that tonight on the big screen we. Or put another way: pressure by Lance by Glory and by Grant. Pressure to rebuild my strained, and it was strained, relationship with Zoe.I wanted to, but I didn’t want to force the issue with her. I saw that as a no-win situation. Time had passed a lot of time. Zoe was sixteen. She could think for herself for sure. And, she had made no effort to even visit in months. Supposedly she was to stay overnight at our place once a month. But that had all but gone by the wayside. She missed half of the.